{"product_id":"red-tide-9781647100582","title":"Red Tide","description":"Loosely based on Larry Niven's 1973 novella \"Flash Crowd,\" \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRed Tide\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e continues to examine the social consequences of \u003cb\u003ethe impact of having instantaneous teleportation\u003c\/b\u003e, where humans can instantly travel long distances in milliseconds. This is a theme that has fascinated the author throughout his career and even appears in his seminal work \u003ci\u003eRingworld\u003c\/i\u003e, where the central character celebrates his birthday by instantly teleporting himself to different time zones, extending his \"birthday.\" The author also discusses the impact of such instantaneous transportation in his essay, \"Exercise in Speculation: The Theory and Practice of Teleportation.\" \u003cb\u003e Larry Niven\u003c\/b\u003e is joined by two younger writers, \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrad R. Torgersen\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eMatthew J. Harrington\u003c\/b\u003e, as they take on this challenging idea and further develop the theories and concepts that Niven originally presented in \"Flash Crowd.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTorgersen, Brad R.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Brad R. Torgersen is an American science fiction author\u003cbr\u003ewhose short stories regularly appear in various anthologies and magazines, \u003cbr\u003eincluding Analog Science Fiction and Fact and Orson Scott Card's Intergalactic\u003cbr\u003eMedicine Show.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTorgersen's stories have won the Analog AnLab readers'\u003cbr\u003echoice award three different times, and he was a triple finalist in 2012 for\u003cbr\u003ethe John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer, the Hugo Award for best\u003cbr\u003enovelette, and the Nebula Award for best novelette. In addition to short\u003cbr\u003efiction, Torgersen has two published novels, including the 2019 Dragon Award\u003cbr\u003ewinner, A Star-Wheeled Sky. The Who's Who page for Analog magazine lists him as\u003cbr\u003eone of the \"leading writers in the genre\".\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHarrington, Matthew J.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Matthew Joseph Harrington, son of historian Joseph Daniel\u003cbr\u003eHarrington, was born in 1960 at the US Naval Hospital in Yokosuka, Japan. He\u003cbr\u003etaught himself to read at the age of two. He was enrolled in public schools in\u003cbr\u003eBowie, Maryland, and received an education by skipping class to hang out in the\u003cbr\u003epublic library. At 10 he pushed a two-ton truck uphill unassisted.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFirst story ever sold was to Larry Niven for Man-Kzin Wars\u003cbr\u003eseries-- which, given that the authors up to then were such lights as Poul\u003cbr\u003eAnderson, Hal Colebatch, Dean Ing, Donald Kingsbury, and Dr. Jerry Pournelle, \u003cbr\u003ewas an experience not unlike showing up for a draft physical and being inducted\u003cbr\u003einto the Justice League. His third published story, Soul Survivor, in Baen's\u003cbr\u003eUniverse, has been recommended for the Nebula. He is coauthor, with Larry Niven, \u003cbr\u003eof The Goliath Stone.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNiven, Larry:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eLarry Niven is the multiple Hugo and Nebula Award-winning\u003cbr\u003eauthor of the Ringworld series, along with many other science fiction\u003cbr\u003emasterpieces. He lives in Chatsworth, California. JERRY POURNELLE is an\u003cbr\u003eessayist, journalist, and science fiction author. He has advanced degrees in\u003cbr\u003epsychology, statistics, engineering, and political science. Together Niven and\u003cbr\u003ePournelle are the authors of many New York Times bestsellers including Inferno, \u003cbr\u003eThe Mote in God's Eye, Footfall, and Lucifer's Hammer\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eMany of Niven's stories--sometimes called the Tales of Known\u003cbr\u003eSpace--take place in his Known Space universe, in which humanity shares the\u003cbr\u003eseveral habitable star systems nearest to the Sun with over a dozen alien\u003cbr\u003especies, including the aggressive feline Kzinti and the very intelligent but\u003cbr\u003ecowardly Pierson's Puppeteers, which are frequently central characters. The\u003cbr\u003eRingworld series is part of the Tales of Known Space, and Niven has shared the\u003cbr\u003esetting with other writers since a 1988 anthology, The Man-Kzin Wars (Baen\u003cbr\u003eBooks, jointly edited with Jerry Pournelle and Dean Ing). There have been\u003cbr\u003eseveral volumes of short stories and novellas.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eLarry Niven is also known in science fiction fandom for\u003cbr\u003e\"Niven's Law\" \"There is no cause so right that one cannot find\u003cbr\u003ea fool following it.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CAEZIK SF \u0026 Fantasy","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50485471084818,"sku":"9781647100582","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ffca6cd8-d889-4c91-a20a-40612fef697c.jpg?v=1730406237","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/red-tide-9781647100582","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}